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Salthill
A favourite pastime for Galwegians and visitors alike is walking along the Prom , the seaside promenade running from the edge of the city along Salthill. Local tradition dictates kicking the wall across from the diving boards (a 2.5km stroll from town starting at the Wolfe Tone Bri
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Loughcrew Megalithic Centre
Opened in 2015, this small but absorbing place has a museum detailing the megalithic wonders hereabouts, as well as a cafe (dishes €3 to €6), hostel (dorm beds €17) and campground (tent per person €10). Special events (eg solstices and equinoxes) take place throughout the year. Con
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Leamanegh Castle
This magnificent wreck stands on a rise above the junction of the R476 and R480 on the way from Kilfenora to Kilnaboy or Carron. Erstwhile home of Máire Rúa (Red Mary) who – according to local anecdote – got through 25 husbands, dispatching at least one to a grisly death on horseba
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St Mullins Monastery
This important monastic site, founded in the 7th century by St Moling, was the legendary burial place of the Kings of Leinster. The remains include four church buildings dating from the 10th to the 15th centuries, the stump of a round tower and a 9th-century high cross. Nearby is t
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Crag Cave
This cave was discovered in 1983, when problems with water pollution led to a search for the source of the local river. In 1989, 300m of the 4km-long cave were opened to the public; admission is by 30-minute guided tour. The remarkable rock formations include a stalagmite shaped li
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Leap Castle
Leap Castle is reputedly one of the most haunted castles in Europe. Originally an OCarroll family residence, the castle was the scene of many dreadful deeds and is famous for its eerie apparitions – its most renowned inhabitant is the smelly ghost, a spirit that apparently leaves a
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Carrigogunnell Castle
At the small village of Clarina past Mungret on the N69, hang a right to head north for around 1.5km to the crossroads, before turning left and youll see, high up on a ridge, the haunting ruin of Carrigogunnell Castle, destroyed in the 17th century. A road to your right heads past
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Kerry Bog Village Museum
This museum re-creates a 19th-century bog village, typical of the small communities that carved out a precarious living in the harsh environment of Irelands ubiquitous peat bogs. Youll see the thatched homes of the turfcutter, blacksmith, thatcher and labourer, as well as a dairy,
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Hore Abbey
Just under 1km north of the Rock, the formidable ruin of 13th-century Hore Abbey (also known as Hoare Abbey or St Marys) stands in flat farmland. Originally Benedictine and settled by monks from Glastonbury in England at the end of the 12th century, it later became a Cistercian hou
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Ducketts Grove
Dominated by the jackdaw-haunted ruins of a Gothic fantasy of a country house, the former seat of the Duckett family (the house burned down in 1933) was taken over by Carlow County Council in 2005. The walled gardens have been restored as a public park, filled with the scents of la
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Medieval Church
In 1172 Henry II granted land hereabouts to the Knights Templar; they made nearby Templetown their headquarters and built various churches. The 13th-century structure they built here was later added to by the Knights Hospitaller and the Loftus estate. On the ground to the left of t
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National Botanic Gardens
Founded in 1795, the 19.5-hectare botanic gardens are home to a series of curvilinear glasshouses, dating from 1843 to 1869, created by Richard Turner, who was also responsible for the glasshouse at Belfast Botanic Gardens and the Palm House in Londons Kew Gardens. Within these Vic
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St Edans Cathedral
Built in early Gothic style in 1817, Ferns modern cathedral is thought to be the smallest in Europe. Its graveyard contains a high cross, said to mark the resting place of Dermot MacMurrough. In the field behind the cathedral stand two medieval ruins sitting in lonely isolation sur
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Rossmore Forest Park
Crumbling remains of the Rossmore familys 19th-century castle, including its entrance stairway, buttresses and the familys pet cemetery, can be seen at Rossmore Forest Park, where rhododendrons and azaleas blaze with colour in early summer. Along with forest walks and pleasant picn
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Coole Park
Once home of Lady Augusta Gregory, co-founder of the Abbey Theatre and a patron of WB Yeats, the house here was demolished by nitwit bureaucrats in 1941. But displays recall its literary legacy and the present-day nature reserve is a beautiful place to stroll. Look for the autograp
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St Kevins Kitchen
Glendaloughs trademark is St Kevins Kitchen or Church, at the southern edge of the enclosure. This compact structure, with a miniature round towerlike belfry, protruding sacristy and steep stone roof, is a masterpiece. It was never a kitchen, instead getting its name because its be
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Bishops Palace
The Bishops Palace, a Georgian mansion dating from 1741, covers Waterfords history from 1700 to 1970 and displays a wide-ranging selection of treasures from the citys coffers, from period furniture, oil paintings and Georgian silverware to old photos recording the 1960s heyday of I
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Killaloe Cathedral
The present church dates from the early 13th century and was built by the OBrien family on top of a 6th-century church. Inside, astonishing 12th-century carvings decorate the Romanesque southern doorway (on your right as you enter), near the shaft of a stone cross known as Thorgrim
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Loftus Hall
About 3.5km northeast of Hook Head, this crumbling manor house gazes over to Dunmore East across the mouth of Waterford Harbour. Dating from the 1600s and rebuilt in the 1870s, Loftus Hall is reputed to be one of the most haunted houses in Ireland. Daytime tours are historical, whi
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St Marys Cathedral
Built between 1842 and 1855, St Marys Cathedral is a superb example of neo-Gothic revival architecture. Designed by Augustus Pugin, the cruciform building was inspired by Ardfert Cathedral, near Tralee. See website for times of mass.
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